Devanagari
दृष्टश्रुतानुभावोऽस्य कृष्णस्यामिततेजस:
नष्टत्रिलोकेशमद इदमाह कृताञ्जलि: ॥ ३ ॥
Verse text
dṛṣṭa-śrutānubhāvo ’sya
kṛṣṇasyāmita-tejasaḥ
naṣṭa-tri-lokeśa-mada
idam āha kṛtāṣjaliḥ
Synonyms
dṛṣṭa
—
seen
;
śruta
—
heard
;
anubhāvaḥ
—
the power
;
asya
—
of this
;
kṛṣṇasya
—
Lord Kṛṣṇa
;
amita
—
immeasurable
;
tejasaḥ
—
whose potencies
;
naṣṭa
—
destroyed
;
tri
—
loka — of the three worlds
;
īśa
—
of being the lord
;
madaḥ
—
his intoxication
;
idam
—
these words
;
āha
—
spoke
;
kṛta
—
aṣjaliḥ — joining his palms in supplication .
Translation
Indra had now heard of and seen the transcendental power of omnipotent Kṛṣṇa, and his false pride in being the lord of the three worlds was thus defeated. Holding his hands together in supplication, he addressed the Lord as follows.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Indra had now heard of and seen the transcendental power of omnipotent Kṛṣṇa, and his false pride in being the lord of the three worlds was thus defeated. Holding his hands together in supplication, he addressed the Lord as follows.
KB 10.27.3
Indra knew about the exalted position of Kṛṣṇa because Kṛṣṇa is the master of Indra, but he could not believe that Kṛṣṇa could come down and live in Vṛndāvana among the cowherd men. When Kṛṣṇa defied the authority of Indra, Indra became angry because he thought that he was all in all within this universe and that no one was as powerful as he. But after this incident, his false, puffed-up prestige was destroyed. Being conscious of his subordinate position, he appeared before Kṛṣṇa with folded hands and began to offer the following prayers.
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
First with his own eyes Indra saw the powers of Krsna. Later, having understood his offense, in order to find a means of alleviating his offense he went to Mount Meru, where he heard from Brahma about Krsna’s powers.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
Indra experienced Kṛṣṇa who had unlimited powers, by seeing the supreme Brahman in human form, as Kṛṣṇa, the young cowherd, when he lifted Govardhana and had heard about him from Brahmā. Though he had a brilliant crown, in front of Kṛṣṇa whose toe tips shone with greater brilliance than a million suns, he was like a firefly in the daylight. Immediately he lost his pride in being master of the three worlds. Or because of Kṛṣṇa’s unlimited power, Indra gave up his pride in ruling the three worlds.
Purport (Sanatana Goswami)
Indra experienced Kṛṣṇa who had unlimited powers, by seeing the supreme Brahman in human form, as Kṛṣṇa, the young cowherd, when he lifted Govardhana and had heard about him from Brahmā. Though he had a brilliant crown, in front of Kṛṣṇa, whose toe tips shone with greater brilliance than a million suns, he was like a firefly in the daylight. Immediately he lost his pride in being master of the three worlds. Or because of Kṛṣṇa’s unlimited power, Indra gave up his pride in ruling the three worlds.
He had directly experienced Kṛṣṇa’s powers (dṛṣṭa) by Kṛṣṇa lifting Govardhana, or by his coming to Vraja. He had heard of his powers. Thus with folded hands he spoke. Or because he had seen the Govardhana pastime and heard about him through scriptures, he spoke according to that experience. Thus his praise would be excellent.